For all those times I needed a friend and my girl friends just didn’t quite get it, or maybe they did but I wanted another opinion; there he was (and is) ready to let me know my worth while also making sure to keep my head out of the clouds. There’s no one quite as honest as your guy best friend and for that, I owe mine a big part of who I am because without him, I’m quite sure I’d still be thinking that the world is full of rainbows and butterflies and that every person I meet always has my best interest at heart.
You’re probably going to read this thinking how much you want to gag over the sappiness but there are a million and one times I could thank you for. More importantly, there are a few things I can’t let slip from our memory as the time passes of how just grateful I am that you exist.
Thank You for Being You
There are numerous qualities you have that make me admire the shit out of you, simply just for being YOU. Your sense of humor is one that can make someone cry (literally because sometimes you have zero chill) or laugh until they pee their pants. Your intelligence is quite astonishing and your compassion (although you don't always show it) for others is admirable; no wonder my mother seems to think you’re one of her own.
Thank You for Being There
Whether it was being locked out of my house every other weekend night in high school because I would forget my house key or for taking me under your wing when I became a newbie to the West Coast. You were always there. Maybe not happily ready to drive around the corner to pick me up and sacrifice your bed, to sleep on the other couch so I wouldn’t be alone or to leave campus to meet me at the train station from the airport just to take the bus back to your frat house, but you did it anyways and for that you are priceless to me.
Thank You for Keeping It Real
Its no secret that you have one of the most sardonic personalities I have ever known but it’s made me toughen up as a young woman. We’ve gotten to the point where you’re not afraid to tell me when I’m being annoying, or if I look like a "scrub", or if something I said or did was completely unnecessary. Whatever it is, I know I can count on you to tell me the brutal, honest truth so know that I admire your sincerity. Know that I also appreciate all the times you’ve let me know when to pull myself together and not let myself be taken for granted by anyone.
So, I know you’re not huge on affection but I am and you know me better than I might know myself sometimes and there is nothing better than having a friend that’s like family. You have basically become my brother and I couldn’t be more grateful that my family will always happily welcome you into our lives.
I await the day you find a woman who loves you unconditionally and can only hope she knows just how lucky she is to have you because to me you are and always will be everything and then some.
